Office of Community Outreach and Engagement
The Office of Community Outreach and Engagement is dedicated to understanding the burden of cancer in the 23-county catchment area, forming partnerships with the community and scientists, conducting outreach, and facilitating implementation of evidence-based cancer risk reduction and screening to ensure that catchment area needs and disparities are addressed.
Message from the Associate Director
“Together, we will expand education and access to evidence-based cancer screening and prevention services to address our catchment area’s needs and eliminate disparities.”
The team is a group of passionate and highly qualified professionals with years of experience in health care disparities, health equity, health system redesign, community-based health education, translational research, program evaluation, biostatistics and geographical information systems. The Community Outreach and Engagement team is also supported by clinical community navigators, community health resource coordinators and community health workers. All work together to connect community members to needed clinical and social services, as well as provide community education and outreach. Citizen scientists, research coordinators and research assistants link investigators and community members and facilitate access to interventional research trials, particularly for communities that are traditionally underrepresented.
Leadership
Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement
Ramzi G Salloum Ph.D.
Assistant Director for Community Outreach and Engagement
Lakeshia Cousin PhD, APRN, AGPCNP-BC
Director of the Office of Community Outreach and Engagement
Outreach and Education
LaTrina Massey MPH
Laura Parra MPH, CHES
Zoe A Parrales
Leah Hartman
Jacqueline Sutton
Cancer Screening and Care Navigation
Jamie Hensley MHCM, CCRP
Natalia Sanchez
Mel Hernandez
Interns
Community Participative Research
Kathryn Pluta
Jacqueline De La Cruz MPH
Antwan D Brinson MPH, MS, CHES®
Evaluation
Yi Guo PhD, FAMIA
Administration
Shantavia Webb
Guided by local stakeholders
GOVERNANCE
Community Advisory Board
The UF Health Cancer Center's Community Outreach and Engagement office is guided by a Community Advisory Board, which plays a vital role in collaborating with our leadership team, program directors and Cancer Center members to ensure that our work focuses on cancer-related issues that are critical to the communities we serve. The success of the Cancer Center and the CAB hinges on members’ expertise working with diverse communities and stakeholder groups in North Central Florida.
Innovating through collaboration
fostering collaborations
Community Scientists
Community scientists collaborate with researchers to ensure community perspectives are incorporated throughout the research continuum, from topic identification to study design and dissemination of findings.
Engaged with our community
PARTNERING FOR A GREATER IMPACT
Community partners
The UF Health Cancer Center's Community Outreach and Engagement office partners with a range of academic, clinical, community and UF organizations.
